Weather strip



( o Model.)

B. JONES. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 399,414. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

I Q H K?! ATTORNEYS.

JOHN E. JONES, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

WEATH ER-STRI P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,414, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed September 19, 1888. Serial No. 285,782. (No model.)

To all whom it 11114; concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. JONES, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved "eather- Strip, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a weather-strip designed to be used mainly on car and other windows to exclude air, dust, rain, and snow; and the invention consists, principally, of a weatherstrip composed of a thin plate of spring metal set into the edge of the sash, so that its outer edge presses with a constant spring-pressure upon the window-fran'ie.

The invention also consists of the special construction of the strip, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of: this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view of a window sash and frame havin my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a section of the sash; and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same, showing a moditication.

In the outer edge of the sash A is tilted the weather-stripl of metal, the outer edge, a, of which presses against the window-framc G. The weather-strip is made of a thin sheet of spring metal, and in the form shown in Figs. 1 and is bent to form the diverging plates or members I) b and also to form the flange IF. The sash B is rabbeted to form the space I) and the rib D, which runs in contact with the windowframe, as shown. in Fig. 1, and

the sash is also slotted, as shown at E, to re ceive the flange ll of the weather-strip, which is retained by the wire 11', or by other suitable means.

In Fig. 3 the weather-strip, besides being bent to form the flange b is thrice bent to form a W in cross-section, the outer diagonal plate or member, b, being arranged so that its edge a will be pressed constantly against the window-frame.

By constructing the strip as described it will be seen that the whole body of the strip acts as aspring to hold the edge a in close contact with the windowframe. It will also be seen that the strip may be made very light and cheap and is perfect in its action, excludin g all air, dust, and rain and snow, and that any dust that passes the edge D of the sash will enter the V-shapcd space between the members of the strip and drop immediately to the window-sill, and thus in no manner interfere with the free and easy working of the sash.

Having thus described my invent ion, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The wcathcr-strip com wscd of a strip of spring metal bent to form the divcrging members!) I), substantially as described.

A weather-strip composed of a narrow strip of spring metal bent to form the diverging members I) Z), and the flange 7F. substantially as described.

The sash A, rabbetod to form the flange D and space I), in. combination with the weather-strip 13, formed of a strip of metal folded to form diverging members I 7.), substantially as described.

'lhe sash A, rabbeted to form the llangc I) and space I), and slotted at E, in combination with the weather-strip 1%,ior1ncd of a strip of metal bent to form diverging incinhers, and the flange U ,substantially as described.

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